EP1084573B1 - Television program recording with user preference determination - Google Patents
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- VCRs Video Cassette Recorders
- a VCR may be either manually placed into a record mode or may be programmed to record a selected program at a later time.
- the user To program the VCR, the user either enters a date, time and channel of the program desired to be recorded, or enters an identification code of the desired program.
- Programs may be recorded for storage in accordance with available capacity of the storage device. Moreover, programs may be deleted in response to selections by the user or based upon a priority, indicated by viewing preferences of the user, in which programs having lowest priority are deleted first to make room for newly recorded programs. The priority of programs may also be a function of time, in which more recently recorded programs are given higher priority.
- category-value pairs for a movie may include a description category with a short description of the movie being the value, a primary actor category with the names of the primary stars of the movie being the values, a director category with the name of the director being the value, a theme category with the theme such as adventure, comedy being the value, and a ratings category with ratings by particular critics being the value.
- Category-value pairs for a sports game such as a football game, may include names of the teams who are playing, the location of the game, and the specific tournament, such as the play-offs, or Superbowl, etc.
- Recording manager 112 operates to cause recordation and storage of television programs 105 and attribute information 107 in accordance with information generated by preference agent 110 and stored in preference database 116. Recording manager 112 also responds to user requests to record particular programs and to user requests to record programs having specified category-value pairs.
- Category-value pairs 115 are generated from the above type of information.
- the category-value pairs 115 take the following format: Category Name - Category Value, where category name can be "Title “, “Director”, “Theme”, “Program Type” etc. and category values can be "Seinfield” “Martin Scorcese”, “Comedy”, “Sitcom” etc.
- Generation of category-value pairs 115 from attribute information 107 allows generation by preference agent 110 of categories that are not explicitly present in the attribute information 107.
- category-value pairs 115 can be: Title-49ers, Description-football, and Description Search Rule-football(AND) San Francisco.
- preference agent 110 is capable of generating category-value pairs 115 from attribute information 107 even where there is no field in the attribute information that corresponds to the created category-value pair.
- Categories in the preference database 116 are either predefined, such as those received from third-party sources, or are dynamically created from attribute information 107 received for programs 105. Categories, and associated values, that are dynamically created are preferably given a default rating by preference database 116.
- An example of the preference information created by preference agent 110 or downloaded to preference agent 110 is shown below.
- the three columns of numbers in the category statistics and value statistics portions indicate weighting (in a range of 0 to 1000), duration watched (in seconds) and amount of time that programs matching that particular category or value was available (in seconds).
- the information is preferably stored in the form of database records.
- Television control system 100 is preferably implemented by way of a general purpose digital computer and associated hardware that executes stored programs to implement the functions shown within block 100 in Figure 1.
- the exact hardware and software platforms on which the television control system 100 is implemented is not important and may take a variety of forms.
- television control system 100 may be implemented in a set-top box such as may typically be used by individuals in the home to receive CATV signals.
- Another implementation of television control system 100 is in the form of a personal computer configured with the requisite hardware and software to receive and display television signals.
- An example of a set-top box that maybe programmed in accordance with the principles described herein is described in the following documents by IBM Microelectronics: "Set-Top Box Solutions", Product # G522-0300-00 (Nov.
- Recording manager 112 manages storage capacity on storage devices 106 by causing deletion of television programs 105 in accordance with ratings of such programs generated by preference agent 110. This is performed in a manner similar to that explained above for determining which programs to record.
- Figure 3, which shows the steps taken by recording manager 112 to determine which programs to delete, is similar to Figure 2.
- recording manager 301 requests ratings from preference agent 110 of all programs stored on storage devices 106.
- preference agent 110 responds by providing the requested deletion ratings.
- recording manager 112 responds by causing deletion, when needed, of programs in accordance with the deletion ratings received from the preference agent 110.
- Figure 4 illustrates actions performed by preference agent 110 when the user watches a television program 105.
- the steps shown in Figure 4 are termed herein a "Category Update Routine".
- the routine is entered at step 400 and at step 402, a duration threshold is checked to determine if the user has viewed the program for more than a predetermined minimum time threshold. This advantageously avoids updating of categories for programs which may be viewed very briefly for example by quickly sequencing through multiple channels to determine which programs are currently being broadcast.
- the appropriate category-value pairs corresponding to the program are determined.
- FIG. 5 shows in further detail, step 406 of updating statistics for the category-value pairs.
- the steps in Figure 5 are repeated for all categories received by way of signal 104.
- the category in question is checked with the categories in the database 116 to determine if that category is currently stored in the database. If the category is not stored in the database, then at step 504, the category is added to the preference database 116. The category is added to the database with a default weighting value.
- the length of time or the duration for which the program in question is watched by the viewer is added to a watched statistics variable for the particular category.
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Categories: | |
channel | 1000 |
title | 1001 |
title- | 1002 |
genreInfo | 1003 |
| 1004 |
descSubString | 1005 |
episodeName | 1007 |
| 1008 |
stars | 1009 |
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YearProduced | 1011 |
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criticRating | 1013 |
Values: | |
Titanic | 2000 |
Ami | 2001 |
3rd Rock From the Sun | 2002 |
The Gods Must Be Crazy | 2003 |
Seinfeld | 2004 |
Headline News | 2005 |
Bugs & Daffy | 2006 |
News | 2007 |
004 | 2008 |
005 | 2009 |
063 | 2010 |
49ers | 2011 |
SITCOM | 2012 |
COMEDY | 2013 |
MOVIE | 2014 |
NEWS | 2015 |
Sanfrancisco 49ers | 2016 |
A Coke bottle raises havoc for a tribe of African bushmen | 2017 |
John Mayers | 2018 |
Lousie Barnett | 2019 |
Marius Weyers | 2020 |
Sandra Prinsloo | 2021 |
Jeff Bridges | 2022 |
Valerie Perrine | 2023 |
Phil Hartman | 2024 |
Jamie Uys | 2025 |
Lamont Johnson | 2026 |
1981 | 2027 |
1973 | 2028 |
1996 | 2029 |
THREESTAR | 2030 |
TWOSTAR | 2031 |
NUDITY | 2032 |
VIOLENCE | 2033 |
ADULTSITUATIONS | 2034 |
ADULTLANGUAGE | 2035 |
Category - Value pairs: | |
1001 | 2001 |
1001 | 2002 |
1001 | 2003 |
1001 | 2004 |
1001 | 2005 |
1001 | 2008 |
1000 | 2009 |
1000 | 2010 |
1002 | 2011 |
1003 | 2012 |
1003 | 2013 |
1003 | 2014 |
Category statistics: | |||
1001 | 1000 | 31104 | 4022280 |
1002 | 1000 | 31104 | 4022280 |
1003 | 1000 | 31104 | 2613384 |
1004 | 1000 | 20304 | 1996596 |
1005 | 1000 | 20304 | 1996596 |
1006 | 1000 | 5238 | 1259028 |
1007 | 1000 | 3438 | 369450 |
1008 | 1000 | 13266 | 812970 |
Value statistics: | |||
2001 | 1000 | 1638 | 88074 |
2002 | 1000 | 6714 | 178560 |
2003 | 1000 | 6552 | 387054 |
2004 | 1000 | 5400 | 165600 |
2005 | 1000 | 1800 | 9000 |
2006 | 1000 | 3600 | 28800 |
2011 | 500 | 1800 | 10800 |
Claims (23)
- Apparatus (100) for causing recording of television programs comprising:a preference determination module (110) for causing retrieval of attribute information (107) corresponding to each television program (105) viewed by a user of said apparatus, said preference determination module (110) generating recording preference information (115) indicative of viewing preferences of said user as a function of said attribute information (107); anda recording module (112) for automatically causing recording to a storage medium (106) of television programs having attribute information that matches said recording preference information (115).
- Apparatus as set forth in claim 1 further comprising a storage medium manager (112) comprising:means for causing deletion of television programs (105) stored on said storage medium (106) as a function of age of said television programs;means for causing deletion of television programs (105) stored on said storage medium (106) as a function of viewing frequency of said program by said user; andmeans for causing deletion of television programs (105) stored on said storage medium (106) as a function of program deletion inputs from said user identifying one or more programs to be deleted from said storage medium (106).
- Apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein said recording module (112) is further responsive to an available capacity value, indicative of available storage capacity of said storage medium (106) on which said subsequently transmitted television programs (105) are stored, for causing storage of said television programs (105) having attribute information (107) corresponding to said recording preference information (115) in accordance with said available capacity value.
- Apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein said recording preference information (115) comprises program deletion information indicative of priority in which television programs (105) stored on said recording module (112) are deleted from said storage medium (106), as indicated by viewing preferences of said user, and wherein said recording module (112) responds to said program deletion information by causing replacement of television programs (105) having lowest priority with newly stored television programs.
- Apparatus as set forth in claim 4 wherein said program deletion information is periodically updated as a function of time.
- Apparatus as set forth in claim 4 further comprising means, responsive to one or more user inputs (102), for preventing updating of selected ones of said programs as a function of time.
- Apparatus as set forth in claim 4 wherein said program deletion information is periodically updated as a function of programs viewed by said user.
- Apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein said recording preference information (115) comprises priority information indicative of a priority in which programs are recorded for storage on said storage medium (106), and wherein said recording preference information (115) is generated by assigning highest priority to programs requested for storage by said user, assigning lowest priority to programs having attributed information corresponding to said recording preference information (115) and assigning intermediate priority to programs having attributed information corresponding to one or more user specified criteria.
- Apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein said recording module (112) is further responsive to user specified requests to cause recordation on said storage medium (106) of subsequently transmitted television programs (105).
- Apparatus as set forth in claim 9 wherein said user specified requests comprise a first type of request comprising information indicative of a specific program and a second type of request comprising attribute information (107) indicative of one or more programs having attribute information corresponding to said user specified attribute information.
- Apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein said preference determination module (110) organizes said recording preference information (115) in the form of a database (116) organized according to said categorization parameters.
- Apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein said recording module (112) comprises means, responsive to a first user request, for causing a selected program to be recorded once for storage on said storage medium (106), and responsive to a second user request, for causing a selected program to be recorded periodically for storage on said storage medium (106).
- Apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein said recording module (112) comprises means, responsive to a category recording request by said user, for causing recording of programs (105) having attribute information (107) corresponding to user specified attribute information.
- Apparatus as set forth in claim 1 further comprising means, responsive to a pause input from said user, for causing recording of a currently broadcasted program being reviewed by said user.
- Apparatus as set forth in claim 1 further comprising means, responsive to a pause input from said user, for causing pausing of a recorded program being viewed by said user.
- Apparatus as set forth in claim 1 further comprising means, responsive to a channel selection input from said user, for causing changing of a first channel corresponding to a currently broadcasted program to a second channel corresponding to a recorded program.
- Apparatus as set forth in claim 1 further comprising means, responsive to a channel selection input from said user, for causing changing of a first channel corresponding to a recorded program to a second channel corresponding to a currently broadcasted program.
- Apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein said storage means (106) stores randomly accessible, digitally encoded data and wherein said apparatus further comprises means, responsive to a channel selection input from said user, for causing changing of a first channel corresponding to a first recorded program to a second channel corresponding to a second recorded program.
- Apparatus as set forth in claim 18 wherein said means responsive to a channel selection input from said user is further responsive to a first pause input, for causing pausing of said first recorded program channel upon changing of said first channel to said second channel.
- Apparatus as set forth in claim 19 wherein said means responsive to a channel selection input from said user causes said first recorded program to continue playing upon changing of said first channel to said second channel in the absence of said first pause input.
- Apparatus as set forth in claim 1 further comprising means, responsive to a user delete input, for causing deletion of a selected program from said storage medium (106).
- Apparatus as set forth in claim 1 further comprising:means, responsive to a user program selection input (102), for causing generation of a user selection menu on a television (108), said user selection menu providing said user with a plurality of options comprising, an option to play a selected program, hold a selected program, delete a selected program, play a selected program from the beginning of said program, fast-forward a selected program or rewind a selected program; andmeans, responsive to user selection of one of said options, for causing execution of said selection option.
- Apparatus as set forth in claim 22, wherein said means for causing generation of a user selection menu on said television is responsive to a menu view input received during viewing of a program for causing generation of said user selection menu on said television (108).
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